Signal-lamp-raising device.



No. 629,222. Patented July l8, I899.

T. J. WALSH. SIGNAL LAMP RAISING DEVICE.

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No. 629,222. Patentedjuly l8, i899.

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,SIGNAL LAMP RAISlNG DEVICE.

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srnciricn'rron farming part of Letters Patent No. 629,222, datd J'uly is, 1895.

Application filed May 12, 1899.

Ton/ll whom it may concern: Be it known that I, THOMAS J WALSH, of

Walton, in the countyof Boone and State of Kentucky, have invented a new and Improved -Sigual-Lamp-Raising Device, of which the followingis a full,clear,aud exact description..

This invention relates to devices for raising and lowering signal-lamps at railway-stations.

It is a common practice to place signalmasts on the roof .orsimilarsupport of arailway-station house. To reach the base of the masts, a portablelladder is used. Then the person in order to adjust the signal-lantern upon the top of the'mast must climb a narrow ladder secured to the mast, which is necessarily vertical, ornearly so. This operation not only consumes time, but sometimes it is extremely dangerous and, in fact, is not to be accomplished at all by a cripple or infirm person. When such infirm person is employed as a telegraph-operator and ticket-agent, it is necessary to employ another man to-attend to the signal-lamp, and this adds a considerable amount to the running expenses of a road.

The object of my invention, therefore, is to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive apparatus by means of which the signal-lamps may be raised and lowered by an operator while sitting in'the office or station or standing on the ground or platform outside the building, thus pbviating the danger to life and limb above mentioned and also making it feasible to employ women as telegraph-operators and ticket-agents, as the duty attending the signals devolves upon such operators or agents.

I will describe a signal-lamp-raising device embodying my invention and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures...

t Figure lis side elevation of a mast, showing a'device embodying my invention applied thereto and operated from the outside of the building or station. Fig. 2 is a partial side elevation of the same, showing the lamp in place. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same, partly in section showing the arrangement for operating the device from the inside of the building. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevationof a Serial No. 71d,603. (No model.)

portion of thedevice, and Fig.5 isa rear ele- A lever 4: is fulcrumed in the upper portion of thiscasting 3. This lever 4 has a part 5, turned at right angles to the body portion, and in this part 5 is fulcrumed a pulley 6,

' around which maybe placeda guard 7 to prevent the slipping off of a rope or other device 8 for the lantern 9. To prevent the lantern from swinging relatively to the rope, it may be provided with an eye 10, through which the rope passes. levere. is'attached a lever-swinging rope 11.

The top-of the mast 1 is made to engage in thehollow bottom of the lantern 9 when said lantern is in place, thus holding it from movement, and for conveniently guiding the lantern to its seat I provide guide-fingers 13,

which extend upward from the sides of the mast. These guide-fingers are curved slightly outward attheir upper ends and are particularly useful during high winds that would deflect the lantern from its proper course to engage upon the mast. As a further means for holding the lantern securely in place I employ a rod 14, which is attached to and forms part of the mast 1 and is designed to engage in a socket 15, attached to the upper portion of the lamp.

In'Fig. 1 I have shown the ropes 8 and 11 as extended to a place outside the station or building. In Fig. 3, however, the ropes are extended through a hatch 16, leading through the roof of the station-house or through the roof of the bay-window nsuallyconnected to the station-house. Therefore the device may be operated by a person sitting in the oflice. The hatch 16 is provided with an upwardlyswinging cover 17, which may be raised and lowered by any desired means, and this cover isprovided with glass 18, so that an operator by looking upward may ascertain whether or not the lamp. is burning.

To the opposite end of the In operation by pulling upon the rope 8 the lamp will be raised substantially to the position indicated in Fig. 1. Then by pulling upon the rope 11 the lever 4 will be swung upward, so that its right-angled portion 5 and the pulley will be directly over the center of the mast. Then by loosening the rope 8 the lantern will be lowered onto the end of the mast, as indicated in Fig. 2. WVhile I have shown the mast as connected to a building, it is obvious that it may be otherwise placed for instan ce,in the ground alongside the track.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In combination with a mast,a signal-lam ptended upward from the top of the mast, a lever fulcrumed in said casting, a rope extended from one end of said lever, and a pulley pivoted in a portion of said lever extended at an angle from the main portion of the lever, a rope extending around said pulley and adapted for connection with the lantern, and a guard to prevent the rope from slipping off the pulley, substantially as specified.

3. The combination with a mast, of a fulcrum-casting on the upper end of the mast, said casting being in skeleton form, a lever fulcrumed in said casting, a rope extended from one end of the lever, a pulley pivoted in a portion of said lever extended at an angle from the main portion of the lever, a rope extending around said pulley and adapted for. connection with the lantern, and a rod ex- 

